<![CDATA[Delete multiple characters or words with "Find and Replace" at once]]>Hi,
I need help deleting the option characters of a question (a) , b) ,…) etc.
I have searched many forums but I couldnt find any help.
What I did was find "a) " replace with “empty”, then do the same for "b) ", and "c) "… later.
Is it possible to do delete all question options at once.
Following is the question.
You must open the door immediately.
a) permission
b) command
c) prohibition
d) request
What I want is

  1. You must open the door immediately.
    permission
    command
    prohibition
    request

Thanks in advance…

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/15809/delete-multiple-characters-or-words-with-find-and-replace-at-onceRSS for NodeMon, 13 Jul 2026 16:18:26 GMTWed, 23 May 2018 10:23:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Delete multiple characters or words with "Find and Replace" at once on Wed, 23 May 2018 13:08:46 GMT]]>@Scott-Sumner said:

You must open the door immediately.
permission
command
prohibition
request

and I got
You must open the door immediately.
permission
command
prohibition
request
which was what I wanted.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32439https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32439Wed, 23 May 2018 13:08:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Delete multiple characters or words with "Find and Replace" at once on Wed, 23 May 2018 13:06:51 GMT]]>@Claudia-Frank , @Scott-Sumner
Actually I solved it by adding “\n” to “replace with” .

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32438https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32438Wed, 23 May 2018 13:06:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Delete multiple characters or words with "Find and Replace" at once on Wed, 23 May 2018 12:31:41 GMT]]>@Scott-Sumner

:-D - that is true - looks like someone ate my start anchor find what:^\s*\w\)\s

I guess the OP was clever and solved my mistake.

Cheers
Claudia

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32432https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32432Wed, 23 May 2018 12:31:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Delete multiple characters or words with "Find and Replace" at once on Wed, 23 May 2018 12:23:01 GMT]]>Hmmm…when I try @Claudia-Frank 's suggestion (with the implied Replace with of nothing ?) on this data:

You must open the door immediately.
a) permission
b) command
c) prohibition
d) request

I get this as a result: You must open the door immediately.permissioncommandprohibitionrequest

I thought the OP wanted this (ignoring the original 1. which isn’t [reasonably?] possible to do):

You must open the door immediately.
permission
command
prohibition
request

But apparently it worked for the OP so it’s all good!

:-D

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32431https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32431Wed, 23 May 2018 12:23:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Delete multiple characters or words with "Find and Replace" at once on Wed, 23 May 2018 11:02:00 GMT]]>@Claudia-Frank said:

m

Thanks a lot. It worked for me. This saved my time…

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32418https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32418Wed, 23 May 2018 11:02:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Delete multiple characters or words with "Find and Replace" at once on Wed, 23 May 2018 10:48:36 GMT]]>@marko-marin

using regular expression and something like this find what:\s*\w\)\s

If you want to find out more about regex, I recommend reading this.

Cheers
Claudia

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32412https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/32412Wed, 23 May 2018 10:48:36 GMT